Designer 2 Export PDF Embeds the Wrong Type of Fonts

[eyolfson]

I'm using Designer 2 on macOS, and I have the following packages `brew install font-inter poppler`.

If I use the "Inter" font in Designer and export as PDF and run `pdffonts` on the result I get:

name                                 type              encoding        
------------------------------------ ----------------- ----------------
LTVMVK+Inter-Regular                 Type 1C           Custom          

While, what I expect from other programs is:

name                                 type              encoding        
------------------------------------ ----------------- ----------------
AYECIS+Inter-Regular-Identity-H      CID Type 0C       Identity-H       

I don't see any way to use the other encoding in Designer 2, is it possible?

Thanks!

[kenmcd]

Why is this an issue for you?

Different PDF libraries and different applications often embed fonts differently. Try this with several different applications and you may get several different results. Some just default to the Identity-H encoding method. Some use custom encoding. And it depends on the fonts, and which characters are used. There is no one "correct" way.

Why is this an issue for you?

[eyolfson]

Because I want to embed one PDF in the other. I would like the encodings to agree so I don't have duplicate (if I run subsetting off).

Why would there be no way to have options when embedding fonts? Sorry, I'm not a font expert.

[eyolfson]

Also it's a different type of font. Designer 2 exports "Type 1C – aka Compact Font Format (CFF)" while I would like "CID Type 0C – 16-bit PostScript CFF font".

 

[kenmcd]

I do not know of any application which enables "user options" for embedding fonts in PDFs. That is mostly dictated by the internal structures of the fonts used, the characters and symbols included in the text, and the PDF library's preferences.

When merging PDFs some PDF editors will attempt to consolidate duplicate fonts (only full fonts, not sub-sets). But in this case you are embedding a PDF into another PDF - so the embedded PDF is still a separate PDF (not merged) - and the fonts are still separate too.

Sounds like your goal is to embed the full font once.
So you could try embedding the full font in the target PDF.
And then embed no fonts in the embedded PDF.
Since the fonts PostScript Name is the same the PDF reader may use the one font for both.
Dunno.
But it would be interesting to try it.
If you do try it, please let us know how it goes.

[R C-R]

1 hour ago, kenmcd said:

I do know of any application which enables "user options" for embedding fonts in PDFs.

Is there supposed to be a "not" in that sentence?

[kenmcd]

10 hours ago, R C-R said:

Is there supposed to be a "not" in that sentence?

Yes. Thank you. Fixed.